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Washington United for Marriage: Campaign for Marriage Equality
By Shar Lichty Will Washington be the next state to grant this civil right to same sex couples? I dare to dream the time is now. PJALS has endorsed and is actively working with the campaign for marriage equality in…
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Young Activist report: I can make a genuine difference in my community
By Molly Fitzpatrick, EWU Scary Feminists and Eagle Pride The PJALS Young Activist Leadership Program has been an absolutely integral part this year in shaping me as an activist. Since I was sixteen activism has essentially been a “learn as…
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Young Activist report: a much bolder feeling of confidence
By Jessica Jahn, SFCC Alliance Only just recently have I embraced the lifestyle that is activism and feminism. I am so thankful for both. If I had not met Molly Fitzpatrick and in turn been introduced to the PJALS Young…
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Occupy the Capitol
By Amanda Hunt PJALS and Washington Community Action Network worked together to get 20 Spokane residents to Olympia to Occupy the Capitol at the end of November We went to speak to our legislators and to encourage legislators to take…
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Facing Race: How Budget Cuts Are Increasing Racial Disparities
Washington’s communities of color and low-income communities have faced unequal pain in this recession. High levels of unemployment, home foreclosure, and racial inequities in health, education and criminal justice continue to devastate communities of color. By 2030, one in every…
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Students speak out for revenue at EWU legislative panel
By Alyssa Henderson In November, we new interns at PJALS successfully held a legislative panel on EWU’s Cheney campus. The panel was sponsored by PJAL-EWU (the new club on Eastern’s campus that we kicked off in September) and the Associated…
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Jobs, Not Jails, for Spokane County
Nationally, communities use rehabilitative programs for people in the criminal justice system 70% of the time and jail only 30% of the time. In Spokane County, it is just the opposite – we incarcerate 70% of the people and provide…
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Steve Williams, keynoting our Peace and Economic Justice Action Conference
Steve Williams is a longtime community organizer and political activist. Steve was the founder and former Executive Director of POWER (People Organized to Win Employment Rights), a 15-year old membership organization of low-income and working class African Americans and immigrant…
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Clyde Bellecourt, AIM co-founder, to speak in Spokane
PJALS is delighted to welcome Clyde Bellecourt, Wounded Knee organizer & American Indian Movement co-founder and national director, Ojibwe name Nee Gon Nway Wee Dung “Thunder Before the Storm.” Clyde Bellecourt will address the 1973 AIM occupation of and subsequent…
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Thank you for a wonderful year!
It’s such a pleasure to work with the wonderful members and volunteers who make PJALS a strong and effective organization. Thank you for your donations, your time, and your belief that we can act together to shift the balance of…
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